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[Roger Clark Williams <rogerw@nordlink.com>]

Ramesh, there is no such thing as  a dumb question. Keep asking.

MPLS allows for switching  packets instead of routing them, so it is 
faster. Secondly, you can control the actual route the packets take across 
the network based on source, destination, protocol, port number. You can't 
easily do that with standard IP. Lastly, using the same technology, the 
provider can offer VPNs, and if offering that for one customer,  he can 
very easily offer it for the next with little extra work in provisioning.

That, in  a nutshell, are the benefits of MPLS.

Roger Williams


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>From: Ramesh Masavarapu  <ramesh@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu>
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>Subject: [MPLS-OPS]: basic question on MPLS
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>Hi,
>   I would apprecitate if someone could help me why MPLS is being used?I am
>lost as to where i could find descent enough information about this.
>And if someone could explain me what major advantages MPLS has (in
>comparison with techniques used in IP ,for e.g in the area of traffic
>engineering), i would appreciate it a lot.
>The questions i asked may sound dumb , but i am new to MPLS and would
>appreciate any kind of help .
>
>thanks in advance
>-Ramesh Masavarapu
>
>
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